Lil's Garden Tour: Distractions

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Distractions

I've had a little problem writing lately.

There seems to be a Willow on my desk.....

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Dorothy said...: Awww, the bunnies. Willow is so cute. And so is Cotton.; November 8, 2009 6:50 PM

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Favorite Icing Recipe for German Chocolate Cake

Coconut Pecan Icing

copied from,

500 Treasured Country Recipes

1 cup evaporated milk

1 cup sugar

3 egg yolks

½ cup (1 stick) butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/3 cups coconut

1 cup chopped pecans

In a saucepan, combine the milk, sugar, egg yolks, butter, and vanilla. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture begins to thicken, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat.

Add the coconut and pecans. Beat by hand until icing is cool and thick enough to spread.

Yield: 2 2/3 cups.

What to do with all that Zucchini from the garden

Zucchini Bread

Copied from the Old farmer’s Almanac Everyday Cookbook

2 cups shredded zucchini

3 large eggs

2 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

½ cup raisins (optional)

½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)

1 teaspoon salt

½ cup half & half

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 8 ½ x 4 ½ loaf pans (or one 13 x 9 cake pan).

Press the zucchini between paper towels to remove any excess moisture (or let drain in strainer set in bowl to catch liquid) and set aside. In large mixing bowl, beat together the eggs and sugar. Add the oil and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet until well blended. Fold in the zucchini, then fold in raisins and walnuts, if using. Pour batter into the loaf pans and bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean ( if using 13 x 9 pan, cut time down to 45 minutes or slightly longer until done).

Makes 2 loaves or one 13 x 9 cake.

my favorite recipe for Humming bird food:

four cups boiling water
One cup table sugar
(four parts water to one to one part sugar)
don't use artificial sweeteners or honey as it will make them sick!
this will fill four 8oz. feeders
(save any leftovers in a canning jar or other lidded container in the refrigerator for up to a week)

Dissolve sugar in water in a heat proof container and let cool completely before filling feeders. You don't need the red food coloring at all but if you really want it- add just a few drops. The hummers are smart and recognize the feeders with out it. Besides, it's probably not good for them anyway. You can make this recipe a little more concentrated for cooler weather by only adding three cups water to one cup sugar. This gives them more energy to stay warm.

Ragamuffin

She watched him climb the apple tree by the road from her bedroom window. It was raining out, a hard cold rain that knocked the autumn leaves from the branches. It also obscured the man enough so she couldn’t tell if he were young or old. All she could see was that he wore a big brown coat, hiding the shape of his body, jeans and a narrow brim hat- also brown. He climbed into the center of the tree and stretched for an apple high above his head.

He was another drifter, or ragamuffin as her grandpa put it. Homeless and jobless, wandering the country side. She saw them pass their farm all the time. Sometimes they stopped, asking for work, but most times they just took an apple and kept on walking. Grandpa felt sorry for them in a way. So he purposely left the apples on that tree for them, while harvesting the others in the north orchard. No one should go hungry, he said, no matter what brought them to his point in their lives. But if they wanted a hot meal- they had to work for it.

Most of the apples had already been picked but there were a few in the higher branches. She watched the man climb a little higher to reach his apple, then stretch again. There was a sudden loud crack, that she heard, even through the noise of the rain, and the man and the branch fell to the ground. He landed flat on his back. She watched him, waiting for him to get up. But he didn’t. Maybe he knocked the breath out of himself, she thought and waited. He didn’t move. Surely he would’ve got up by now with as hard as it was raining. He would at least have tried to cover his face. What if he killed himself she suddenly thought. She ran downstairs to get grandpa.

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Aloha

Followers

Search This Blog

Books I'm currently reading

Visit Lil's Other Garden

Flying Appys

house for sale

Knowledge is Power

Favorite Sites

Favorite Icing Recipe for German Chocolate Cake

What to do with all that Zucchini from the garden

We no longer have to give it away!

Homemade Seasonings

My Dad, Edward R. Dorough

My Mom, Grandma & Aunt

Crazy Daisy

Annie

Meet the Bunns (Netherland Dwarfs)

Meet the Bunns (Netherland Dwarfs)

Tsuki

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my favorite recipe for Humming bird food:

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